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Portrait of the Writer Hagiwara Sakutaro
Also titled Portret van de schrijver Hagiwara Sakutaro
Onchi Kōshirō (Tokyo, 1891–1955)
1949
- Medium
- paper
- Classification
- Dimensions
- height 550 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of Stichting Für Elise. Nihon no hanga collection, collected by Elise Wessels
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Onchi captured his friend’s distinctive face in this print, of which he only pulled seven impressions. As the portrait proved very popular, Onchi commissioned his pupil Sekino to print a second run of 50 additional copies. Today, this portrait is considered one of the most important Japanese prints of the 20th century.
